Top government officials in the Gov. Abdulaziz Yari-led All Progressives
Congress (APC) administration in Zamfara are gradually resigning their
appointments and leaving the party.
The Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Malami Yandoto and three
directors-general had resigned their appointments in the last one month.
The DGs included that of Governor’s Office, Alhaji Mustapha Bukkuyum;
Alhaji Shehu Yanware of the Directorate of Inter-Party Relations and
Alhaji Haruna Jangebe of the Directorate of Non-Governmental
Organisations.
The commissioner, who was very close to the governor, announced his
resignation from the cabinet through a letter addressed to the Secretary
to the State Government on May 21.
Yandoto quickly announced his resignation with a declaration in a local
radio station in Gusau that he had also defected to the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP).
Addressing his supporters at his home in Tsafe on Saturday, Yandoto said
he could no longer work with the government.
The interim Caretaker Chairman of the PDP in the state, Alhaji Adamu
Danja, said the party had “happily received the new members”.
“We are also discussing with more top government functionaries in the
state, because many more are willing to join us since they have faith in
our party,” he said.
Danja explained that very soon all those who decamped and their supporters
would be formally received at a grand reception in the state.
Reacting to the situation, the APC spokesman in the state, Alhaji Sani
Gwamna, told NAN that the party was unshaken by the actions of the
defectors.
He said that those who left would soon realise their mistakes and return
to the APC.(NAN)